Feedstock List (as of 4/2017)
FOG: Fats / Oils / Greases Wastes / Oil Seeds Algae / Aquatic Species Industrial Aloe (Aloe vera) Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba) Brown grease Cyanobacteria Babassu (Attalea speciosa) Mustard (Sinapis alba) Crude glycerine Halophytes (e.g., Salicornia bigelovii) *Camelina (Camelina sativa)* Nuts Fish oil Lemna (Lemna spp.) *Canola, winter (Brassica napus[occasionally rapa Olive (Olea europaea) Industrial effluent (palm) Macroalgae or campestris])* *Carinata (Brassica carinata)* Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Shrimp oil (Caridea) Mallow (Malva spp.) Castor (Ricinus communis) Peanut, Cull (Arachis hypogaea) Tall oil pitch Microalgae Citrus (Citron spp.) Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) Tallow / Lard Spirodela (Spirodela polyrhiza) Coconut (Cocos nucifera) Pongamia (Millettia pinnata) White grease Wolffia (Wolffia arrhiza) Corn, inedible (Zea mays) Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Waste vegetable oil Gossypium Brassica napus Cottonseed ( ) *Rapeseed ( )* Yellow grease Cuphea (Cuphea viscossisima) Rice Bran
Flax / Linseed (Linum usitatissimum) Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
Gourds / Melons (Cucumis melo) Sesame (Sesamum indicum)
Grapeseed (Vitis vinifera) Soybean (Glycine max)
Hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa) Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) Tallow tree (Triadica sebifera)
Jatropha curcas Nicotiana tabacum Jatropha ( ) Tobacco ( ) Lesquerella (Lesquerella fenderi)
Cellulose Woody Grasses Residues Other Types: Arundo (Arundo donax) Bagasse (Saccharum officinale) Algal / Aquatic Residues Includes coppice, forestry Big bluestem grass (Andropogon gerardii) Corn cobs (Zea mays) Black and brown liquor (short rotation), invasive woody species, sawdust, slash, small round, and thinnings Energy cane (Saccharum officinale) Corn stover (Zea mays) Brassicaceae Species: Hemp (Cannabis sativa) Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Duckweed (Lemnoideae) Alder (Alnus spp.) Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Empty fruit bunch (Elaeis Fungi guineensis) Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris) Millenium Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) Grain hulls Kudzu (Pueraria montana) Beech (Fagus spp.) *Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus)* Guayule (Parthenium argentatum)
Birch (Betula spp.) *Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)* Nut shells
Blackwood (Acacia Sorghum, energy (Sorghum bicolor) Oil palm fronds (Elaeis guineensis) melanoxylon) Brazilwood (Caesalpinia *Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)* Oil palm shells (Elaeis guineensis) echinata) Cottonwood (Populus) *Wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium)* Soybean husk, hull (Glycine max) Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Straw globulus) *Juniper (Juniperus spp.)* Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Laurel (Laurus nobilis) Wine Lees (Vitis vinifera) Mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) Yard waste
Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
Populus . *Poplar, hybrid ( spp )* Salix spp. Willow, shrub ( ) White pine (Pinus strobus)
Yellow pine (Pinus taeda)
Carbohydrates / Sugars Crop Sugars Industrial Agave (Agave americana) Food Processing Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Grape marcs (Vitis vinifera)
Corn (Zea mays) Vinasse (Saccharum officinale; Beta vulgaris vulgaris) *Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris convar. vulgaris var. altissima)* Whey *Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinarum) *
*Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) * Sweet Tubers (Ipomea batatas)
Industrial Waste Streams Fossil / Hydrocarbon / Other Black liquor CO2
Brewery Waste Coal Coffee waste (Coffea arabica) Natural gas, biogas Community /Industrial bio waste
Food waste
Manure Methane
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Plastics
Sludge Synthesis gas Waste carbon gases
Feedstocks in red and designated by * are those that have been scored through the Feedstock Readiness Evaluation Tool (FSRL). To view the full evaluations for these feedstocks, see the FSRL Repository. If you’d like to provide an evaluation or add a feedstock to this list, please contact us.